Swierl: A Plan for Better ReadingThis book addresses reading problems, and how the combination of research and parent knowledge of a child's development can be combined to ascertain the best method for addressing these problems. It also forwards a new way of looking at reading as one of many means of communication, which when mastered, furnishes the foundation for interrelated functioning in the world. SWIERL includes all means of communication: S = speaking through utterances; W = writing thoughts; I = informing by all methods; E = expressing through actions; R = reading [of] books, people, nature, and the universe in general; L = language, the interrelated bases of all communication. The method outlined approaches the improvement of communication methods. |
Contents
Just One Problem? | 11 |
Appraisal | 25 |
The Personal Equation | 38 |
Copyright | |
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